{"id":287279,"date":"2025-07-21T17:06:17","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T21:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/79\/?p=287279"},"modified":"2025-07-21T17:14:05","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T21:14:05","slug":"pga-remarks-at-the-interactive-multi-stakeholder-dialogue-on-new-partnerships-for-africas-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/pga\/79\/2025\/07\/21\/pga-remarks-at-the-interactive-multi-stakeholder-dialogue-on-new-partnerships-for-africas-development\/","title":{"rendered":"PGA Remarks at the Interactive multi-stakeholder dialogue on New Partnerships for Africa’s Development"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Remarks by the President of the General Assembly,
\nMr Philemon Yang,
\nInteractive multi-stakeholder dialogue on New Partnerships for Africa’s Development
\n3 pm, 21 July 2025, \u00a0Conference Room 2<\/b><\/p>\n

[As Delivered by Vice President on behalf of the PGA]<\/p>\n

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Your Excellency Mr Seedy Keita, Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs of the Republic of The Gambia<\/p>\n

Excellencies,<\/p>\n

Ladies and Gentlemen,<\/p>\n

I welcome all participants to this Interactive Multi-stakeholder Dialogue on New Partnership for Africa\u2019s Development.<\/p>\n

I am honoured to convene it as one of my signature events during this session of the General Assembly.<\/p>\n

Excellencies,<\/p>\n

Africa is a vast and populous continent, rich in natural endowments and talent.<\/p>\n

Yet much of that potential remains unrealised.<\/p>\n

It should concern us all that many African countries continue to rank at the bottom of the Sustainable Development Goals Index.<\/p>\n

This meeting comes at a crucial moment.<\/p>\n

The Secretary-General\u2019s latest report on Africa\u2019s development highlights two clusters of commitment we must now prioritise:<\/p>\n